Why Badger Meter?

Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world’s most precious resource. For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient. Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world!

What You Will Contribute:

The Senior Solution Architect, Commercial Operations is responsible for designing and implementing comprehensive technology solutions that address specific global business needs. They will serve as a liaison between technical and business aspects to ensure solutions meet organizational goals. With a deep understanding of various technologies, the solution architect will work closely with stakeholders, developers, and other parts of the IT organization to create a cohesive and efficient system that meets the needs of the business.

This position analyzes business needs, identifies tech solutions, and designs a comprehensive plan for implementation. They collaborate closely with various teams, such as developers, project managers, and analysts, to ensure effective implementation of the solution, achieving the organization's objectives.

Job Duties:

• Leads, with the support of Business Analysts, a committee of business partners to approve and understand Salesforce, Oracle CPQ, and other project(s) scope.

• Ensures system updates align with ISO, SOX, and ITAC audit standards and corporate processes.

• Drive the end-to-end product lifecycle of Salesforce/CPQ/process initiatives, from the initial spark of an idea to the strategic planning, process change management/execution, coordination of testing and monitoring deployment.

• Partner with key influential leaders across global departments to gain deep insights into the requirements for critical system functions.

• Collaborate with internal departments to understand business needs at a detailed level, make recommendations based on knowledge and expertise, and prioritize accordingly to keep Salesforce in line with business objectives, continually showing value over time.

• Develop and maintain a product/process roadmap in collaboration with key internal leaders, to define and drive the vision and value for each teams’ respective needs within the platform.

• Act as a liaison between stakeholders and the IT technical team, communicating effectively and driving progress while reducing risk throughout all phases of the development life cycle.

• Organize, prioritize, and direct the entire program of initiatives/projects that impact global commercial, marketing , and other business functional areas.

• Actively seek opportunities for improvement and contribute to the ongoing development and refinement of technology or process solutions, keeping up-to-date with industry trends and best practices.

• Support the Project Management Office's (PMO) continue evolution in regards to tool development for resource utilization and process management. This role will also be part of an IT/PMO collective steering group to vet out new requests coming from the global business that will ultimately get prioritized into a list of projects to be executed for the global business.

• Support integration of new acquisitions.

• Up to 15% travel required.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Business, Engineering or a related field required.

• 5+ years of experience in Systems Engineering/Program Management; Significant experience will be considered in lieu of a formal degree.

Qualifications:

• PMP Project Management Certificate preferred

• Advanced proficiency in Salesforce development required

• Advanced proficiency with MicroStrategy (or other BI platform) required

• Project/Program Management experience required

• Advanced ability to drive Continuous Improvement required

• Intermediate proficiency with Oracle Configure, Price, Quote preferred

• Intermediate proficiency with SQL required

• Basic proficiency with product configurators required

Competencies:

• Collaboration: Work collaboratively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.

• Communication: Convey information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listen actively to others.

• Initiating Action: Take prompt action to accomplish work goals; take action to achieve results beyond what is required; be proactive.

• Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment

Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter:

• Competitive Pay

• Annual Bonus

• Eligible for Annual Pay Increases

• Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage

• 15 days Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays

• Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost!

• Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more

• Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250

• Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage

• Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the “EEO is the Law” poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

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